Re: [LAU] sample license

On 09/28/2012 09:43 AM, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote:
> 2012/9/22 Thijs van severen <thijsvanseveren@email-addr-hidden>:
>> forgot: follow this link for 'the making of the Hydrogen CRB drumkit' :
>> http://audio-and-linux.blogspot.be/2012/06/denon-crb-90-rhythm-box-for-hydrogen.html
>>
>> grtz
>> thijs
>>
>>
>> 2012/9/22 Thijs van severen <thijsvanseveren@email-addr-hidden>
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> some time ago i sampled a vintage rhythmbox (the Denon CRB 90) and created
>>> a hydrogen drumkit with these samples
>>> being the good civilian i am i decided to try and contact Denon and
>>> politely ask them if i could use these samples (and if possible release the
>>> drumkit under some sort of CC license)
>>> the answer i got was this :
>>>
>>> uhu : nada, nothing, null, etc ...
>>>
>>> so i figured if they dont allow me to use the samples ... why dont you
>>> guys ;-P
>>>
>>> no seriously, does anyone know if i can use the samples -without going to
>>> jail and all-
>>> the box is really old (see
>>> http://crb90.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/rhythmbox-crb-90-japan-advert.jpg)
>>> so i was wondering if there is a limitation on the time that samples are
>>> 'protected' by a license
>>>
>>> any ideas ?
>>> thanx guys!
>>>
>>> grtz
>>> Thijs
>>>
>>>
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>
> Hello, Thijs.
>
> I'm not an expert in licensing, but you did well contacting them
> because it is good to know the licensing they provided about the
> samples (or related to "sampling the samples") when they sold the
> unit.
> Maybe you can do search some search for the instructions manual (if
> any and if somebody scanned it, it seems old).
>
> You can also contact people who made something similar, I guess those
> who made, for instance, the Roland TR-x0x series.
>
> Hope it helps.
> Regards
>

I think it's no problem: http://samples.kb6.de/downloads_en.php
And he didn't end up in jail so far.

Best,

Jeremy

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Received on Fri Sep 28 12:15:03 2012